On Saturday 15th April a prime number of BMH's finest students (59) engaged in the cathartic pleasure and challenge of the Mathematics Kangaroo. These papers are very well constructed and designed so as to stretch candidates' problem solving abilities to the full. The papers start with 10 moderate questions worth 3 marks each then progress to the foothills of 10 trickier questions. Suitably warmed up, the students now must brace themselves for the ever steepening ascent which the final 4 to 10 questions present.
Here are a few excerpts from the Prep 5/6 paper and the Senior 7/8 paper. Have a go as a family and see what you can do.
A week earlier we held the House Maths Kangaroo Competition by way of training for the real thing. A number of BMH students showed very good ability in this competition.
Achieving 70-80% and a Mathematics Kangaroo Bronze Certificate were:
S7 Doron Tao
P6 Oscar Chen/Bryan Zhang
P5 Ella Ho/Joe Huang
P4 Jane Mao/Evy Zhong/Henry Yang
P3 Rancy Liang/Carey Zhao/Jack Yang
P2 Adam zhang/Aiden Heung/Bruce Zhang/Dora Gao/Victor Shang
P1 Eddie Zhong/Jimmy Chu/Shero Chen
Achieving 80-90% and a Mathematics Kangaroo Silver Certificate were:
P4 Elle zhang/Sarah Zeng/Lisa Chen
P2 Jason Guo
And, last but not least, achieving 90-100% and a Mathematics Kangaroo Certificate were:
S7 Rani Uchida
P5 Haven Yuan/Summer Zhu
P3 Danny Wang/Melina Zhang
P2 Phoebe Ho
A huge round of applause to all who participated and particularly to those who achieved bronze, silver or gold certificates.
